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A SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent No. 555,776, dated March3, 1896. Application filed September 18, 1895. Serial No. 562,835. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. KELLY and HERBERT A. CULLINs, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Olark andState of Ollio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Whips, of Which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incarriage and buggy Whips.

Our invention lies in the core or inner structure upon which the Whip isbuilt up; and it consists in making this core of a strip of resilientmaterial, as sheet-steel, one portion of which is developed into a tubeWhose Wall is solid or unbroken and Without any seam except at thestraight meeting edges of the strip of which it is formed and the otherportion of which is developed into a tube Whose Wall is broken by aspiral seam formed by curling or twisting that part of the strip intospiral form. We term the straight-seam portion the inflexible sectionand the other the spiral or flexible section, the former constitutingthe core for the handle and the latter for the general body of the Whip,and thus We provide the requisite stability to make the Whip stand upand yet give it that degree of resiliency necessary in the small outerportion.

In the accompanying drawings, on which like reference letters andnumerals indicate corresponding parts, Figure l is an ordinary Whip, theinner portion being constructed upon our improved core; Fig. 2, anenlarged side elevation of the core; Fig. 3, a diagram of the strip ofsteel of which it is formed, and Fig. 4: a diagram of another form ofthe strip of steel of which the core is formed.

The letter A designates a carriage or buggy Whip of the usualappearance, being finished off with the common plaited outer covering.It is made up between this covering and the core in the usual Way as isknown in this art, and consists, essentially, in the employment ofsuitable rattan strips applied to the core and suitably covered,including the plaited finishing exterior. Our invention has nothing todo 'with any part, however, except the core itself upon Which the Whipis built up. This is made of the strip of resilient material, assheet-steel, which strip is out in tapering form and of the lengthrequired for the Whip to be made. Aportion of this strip of metalsayfrom a to b-is rolled or folded to consti tute a tube. at c in Fig. 2,and they are brought more or less closely together. As a rule We do notunite them. This part of the tube We term the inflexible7 section,because compared to the remainder of the tube it is practicallyinflexible, though in the abstract it is slightly yielding or resilient.It has enough of the latter quality to give the whip the right feel andenough of the former to make it stand up. This inflexible sectionconstitutes the core for the handle and more or less of the general bodyof the Whip, the latter varying according to the character of the Whipand according to its Whole length. In a six-foot Whip (not counting thelash) we usually eX- tend the flexible section to a length oftwentyinches. The remainder of the core-say from the point b to thepoint d, about nine inches-is twisted or curled so as to form a spiraltube or a tube with a spiral seam or meeting edge. This section We termthe fieXi ble section, because it is highly resilient and springy,giving the proper action.7 Thus in our core we have provided for the twoqualities necessary for a successful and durable Whip. As the strip istapering, the core is also tapering.

Referring now to Fig. l, it will be seen that the Whip is made in twolengths l and 2, with a coupling 3 to unite the lengths. Our core, itWill now be understood, is inside of the length 1 and forms its core.The length. 3 is made in any of the usual Ways. In some cases our coreis used for that class of Whips known as combined whips and canes. Wehave shown in Fig. ltthe stock or strip of material B turned to one sideinstead of being straight, a form We may use.

The meeting edges are shown Having thus fully described our invention,In testimony whereof We affix our signawhat We claim as new, and desireto secure by tures in presence of two Witnesses. Letters Patent, is-

A Whip-core consisting of aslieet of metal, GEORGE E. KELLY. 5 oneportion of which forms a tube having a HERBERT A. CULLINS.

longitudinal seam, and the other portion of Vitnesses: Which forms ttube having a spiral seam, the OLIVER H. MILLER,

portions or sections being tapering. W. M. MCNAIR.

